I found this gold moth in my bathroom. He? She? is quite pretty.

Three teachers are leaving us this semester though two of them are just going over to the academic side. We had a farewell for them. It was fun but a late night had but all!

A co worker had a very novel wedding ceremony. She and her husband first met at a baseball game so had the ceremony at the baseball stadium. We ate a very yummy Indian meal before going to watch a game.

Tara and Jagdesh with the mascots.


Woogi and I with the happy couple.

Beach!

Woogi and I went to the beach! It took a couple of hours but was well worth it. It was soooo good to see some sun! Actually my arms got a bit burnt :-( These little guys are called mangdunga in Korean. They look pretty grumpy. Maybe cos everyone wanted to catch one!

We spent quite a bit of time looking in rock pools and I enjoyed taking pics of the anemones (sp?). There were lots of hermit crabs and little fish.

We went to two beaches on the west coast. The one above was Kotji and this one Anmyeonam.

When the tide is in this bridge floats. It was a bit dodgy without the water and I fell through the slats cos I wasn't watching where I was going. A crab waving his big red claw at me attracted my attention instead!

Flooding

We had alot of rain this week (about 600mm) The Han river flooded quite a bit. I went down for a look. Everyone wants to see the sun!

I've been here for picnics. There are lots of flowers beds here too which are all under water.

On rainy days Koreans drink mokkali, a kind of rice wine. When in Rome do as the Romans do!

Woogi and I went bowling at Lotte World. We met, by chance some friends of his. There is also an ice skating rink there. We didn't have a go.

Ainsworld

Woogi and I went to Ainsworld in the weekend which has world famous landmarks in miniture. It was nice at night when everything was lit up. Can anyone guess where this Japanese castle is??? Clue: It's in Kyushu.

Honestly I was born with this lean!

Some friends came over for dinner in the weekend. It was a late night but fun!

This is Young su in a skirt! Not unusual you might think, but we are not sure if this is the first time she's worn one.

This is Young su. She taught us, well me a game where you have to spit out the watermelon seeds and then catch them on your face. She was pretty good. I was terrible and gave up!

from Matt Groening

Just for a laugh

World Cup Soccer

On Friday night I went to the World Cup stadium in Seoul to cheer on Korea when they played Switzerland. If you have been following the World cup you'll know that Korea lost the game 2-0. Despite the loss I had a great night. We arrived about 10pm and entertained ourselves and were at 2am entertained by different singers. Kick off was at 4am! It was so much fun cheering the team on and doing the Mexican wave amongst 65,000 other red shirt clad supporters. Ours bags didn't get checked when we went in and although we had alcohol I didn't see anyone causing trouble or drunken louts who always appear at rugby games at home. I felt a lot of respect for the Koreans and their well behaved manner and excellent cheering skills. The tickets were free but people queued up for hours to get hold of one. My friend's friend gave us some so no queuing for us! But I realized that I had been lucky as foreigners were very scarce.

A lone Swiss supporter.

태한민둑 !!!!!

Watching the game as the sun comes up!

Woogi in his cow outfit! A foreigner and a cow must not be common sights as we were photographed a bit and Woogi and I had a T.V interview. We haven't seen any results from it though.

Me in my supporter gear!

Note:I often get asked if I'm taking painting classes or doing any artwork so I have set up a new blog with the painting I'm doing on it. The link is in the side bar.

Decked out in our supporter gear! Fightin' Korea!!!

Supporters getting on the subway after the Korea vs Togo game. Korea won 2-1.

Lunch with some of my adult students. It was yummy!

There was a water birds display at Childrens park. They didn't seem to quite know how to paint NZ. I know that I've been away but surely things haven't changed this much!!!

It looked fun so I joined in.

Poem for Woogi

You have my heart

I want to look after yours

I will think of you first

I'll try not to be selfish

I'll give you all I can

I'll trust you

Cos you have given me no reason

Not to

I will stand by you

Whatever happens

I will love you

With all that I am

Happy Birthday!!!

June 11th

It was a wet and stormy weekend. It thundered and lighteninged nearly all of Saturday. I like stormy weather but got a bit tired of being inside for 2 days. Woogi and I met some of his friends on Saturday night.

Crazy man!

It's Woogi's birthday on Tuesday. When word got out, the people in the surrounding tables gave him somthing to eat or drink. Quite interesting. Here he is polishing off some rice wine - it's not a good translation but I'm not sure really what to call it.

Memorial Day -June 6th

We were lucky to get another holiday this week. The weather was good so Woogi and I went to a park that is in the middle of the Han river. This is my least favourite looking seafood. I don't know what it tastes like and I have no desire to find out!



A trip to the park would never be complete without taking pix of some flowers. Actually I took quite a lot but I won't put them all on. Lotus are amazing plants. I don't know how it can grow from the mud and become so pretty.

Picnicking Seoulites. I took this photo from the bridge looking down. Kiwi's never picnic so close together but then we have more space and less people. I like how each square is like a different story .

Cos play! There were quite a few people walking around dressed up. I look so out of place in this photo. These girls looked pretty neat.